When Apple sued HTC, and targeted Android specifically (news which came out of the blue), many people, including myself, were convinced this was Apple letting the world know they were afraid of Android's rising popularity. This notion was laughed away by many an Apple fan, but it turns out that this is most likely far closer to reality than many dare to admit: in the first quarter of 2010, Android conquered the number two market share spot from the iPhone in the US - and by a wide margin too. Update: Added a graph which better shows the trend.

Yes, it was 2c. I need to be careful. I have lots of words bouncing around my brain. If I gave my 20 dollars worth, it would not only take down this site from the sheer volume of content, it would likely take down a good portion of the internet tubes with it.